Lake Wilson, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Wilson City. It lies in ZIP code area 56151. The Survey maps it on the Chandler quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLake Wilson grew from 251 to 254 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 251 | |
| 2020 | 254 | +3 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Chandler quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Worthington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lake Wilson: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ginn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mc Beth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Wilson in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Lake Wilson | $25,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in much of southern Murray County. Numerous roads were flooded, including Minnesota Highway 30 in several areas. Numerous basements were flooded, especially in Fulda. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and caused tree damage. |
| June 1996 | Heavy Rain | Lake Wilson | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | $5,000 | A hoop barn was damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Lake Wilson | - | A brief landspout developed around 1.5 miles west-southwest of Lake Wilson, and was seen and photographed by numerous individuals, despite its brief appearance. The touchdown occurred within an open field and caused no visible damage to determine a rating. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | Hail was mostly nickel to quarter size. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | While most hail was pea size, several penny to nickel size stones were mixed in. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | Hail varied in size from golf ball to baseball size. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | - | The roof was partially removed from a house in Lake Wilson. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts produced crop damage, downed several large branches and uprooted a large tree. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | Most of the hail that fell was dime-sized, but a few stones were as large as quarters. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Lake Wilson | - | Water over many township roads in southwest Murray county. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Lake Wilson | - | Torrential rainfall resulted in water running across State Highway 30. Lake Wilson received 2.30 inches of rainfall. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Lake Wilson | - | Water flowing over 40th Ave. just south of State Highway 30. Rainfall of 2.30 inches was reported at Lake Wilson. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | Pea to quarter size hail was reported. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | - | A few tree branches downed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several branches. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Lake Wilson | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of roads and fields. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | - | Approximately 28,000 acres of crops were destroyed by hail and high winds across Murray County |
| June 1994 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | Approximately 28,000 acres of crops were destroyed by hail and high winds across Murray County |
| July 2017 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Lake Wilson | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lake Wilson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230409 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646403. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



